PUBLICATION
SREBP-1 and LXRα pathways mediated Cu-induced hepatic lipid metabolism in zebrafish Danio rerio
- Authors
- Pan, Y.X., Zhuo, M.Q., Li, D.D., Xu, Y.H., Wu, K., Luo, Z.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-181020-18
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Chemosphere 215: 370-379 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Copper, Danio rerio, LXRα, Lipid metabolism, SREBP1, Transcriptomic analysis
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Copper/pharmacology*
- Hepatocytes/metabolism
- Lipid Metabolism/drug effects*
- Lipids
- Liver/metabolism*
- Liver X Receptors/metabolism*
- Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1/metabolism*
- Water Pollutants, Chemical/metabolism
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- PubMed
- 30336314 Full text @ Chemosphere
- CTD
- 30336314
Citation
Pan, Y.X., Zhuo, M.Q., Li, D.D., Xu, Y.H., Wu, K., Luo, Z. (2018) SREBP-1 and LXRα pathways mediated Cu-induced hepatic lipid metabolism in zebrafish Danio rerio. Chemosphere. 215:370-379.
Abstract
The present study was performed to explore the underlying molecular mechanism of Cu-induced disorder of lipid metabolism in fish. To this end, adult zebrafish were exposed to three waterborne Cu concentrations (0 (control), 8 and 16 μg Cu/L, respectively) for 60 days. Hepatic Cu content and hepatosomatic index increased after waterborne Cu exposure. H&E and oil red O stainings showed extensive steatosis in the liver of Cu-exposed fish. Cu exposure up-regulated lipogenic enzymes activities of ME, ICDH, 6PGD, G6PD and FAS, but down-regulated CPTI activities. Transcriptomic analysis indicated that lipid metabolism related pathways were significantly enriched in both low-dose and high-dose Cu exposure group. Genes involved in lipogenic process from fatty acid biosynthesis, fatty acid elongation, fatty acid desaturation to glycerolipid biosynthesis were up-regulated by Cu. To elucidate the mechanism, LXRα inhibitor SR9243 and SREBP1 inhibitor fatostatin were used to verify the role of LXRα and SREBP1 in Cu-induced disorder of lipid metabolism. Both SR9243 and fatostatin significantly attenuated the Cu-induced increase of TG accumulation of hepatocytes. Meanwhile, SR9243 significantly attenuated the Cu-induced up-regulation of expression of lipogenic genes (acaca, fas, icdh, dgat1, moat2 and moat3), and fatostatin significantly attenuated the up-regulation of expression of acaca, fas, g6pd, dgat1 and moat2. Enzymes analysis showed both SR9243 and fatostatin blocked the Cu-induced increase of lipogenic enzymes activities. Taken together, our findings highlight the importance of LXRα and SREBP1 in Cu-induced hepatic lipid deposition, which proposed a novel mechanism for elucidating metal element exposure inducing the disorder of lipid metabolism in aquatic vertebrates.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping